Negative Commandment #334 of 613
A priest with a temporary blemish must not serve
Commandment #334 — a prohibition from Leviticus 21:17, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Speak to Aaron, saying, 'No man of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to offer the food of his God.”
— Leviticus 21:17
Hebrew
דַּבֵּר אֶל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר אִישׁ מִזַּרְעֲךָ לְדֹרֹתָם אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בוֹ מוּם לֹא יִקְרַב לְהַקְרִיב לֶחֶם אֱלֹהָיו׃
Greek (Septuagint)
εἰπὸν ααρων ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ γένους σου εἰς τὰς γενεὰς ὑμῶν τίνι ἐὰν ᾖ ἐν αὐτῷ μῶμος οὐ προσελεύσεται προσφέρειν τὰ δῶρα τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 21
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #276
- Mishneh Torah
- ServiceEntry into the Temple
Related Commandments in “Levites & Priests”
#78: The priests must bless the Israelite nation daily
Numbers 6:23
#169: The high priest must not marry a widow
Leviticus 21:14
#170: The high priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage
Leviticus 21:15
#171: The high priest must marry a virgin maiden
Leviticus 21:13
#172: A priest must not marry a divorcee
Leviticus 21:7
#173: A priest must not marry a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship
Leviticus 21:7
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